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Sunday, January 19, 2014

Low Maintenance Pets: Rabbits

As low
maintenance pets, rabbits are generally viewed as a cross between cats and
dogs, in the sense that though they are self-sufficient like cats, they still
do require certain interactions from their owners just like dogs.

Requiring a lot
of physical exercise, would-be owners could either source ample spaced indoor
rabbit enclosures that afford rabbits with lots of room for exercise routines,
or opt for getting leashes or body harnesses that are specially designed to
accommodate a rabbit’s mobility when they are outdoors. Some rabbits can be
trained to be adept in moving around with body leashes or harnesses worn on
them.

Just like guinea
pigs and hamsters, rabbits aren’t exactly peckish when talking about their
dietary needs, with a wide variety of commercial food pellets for rabbits
available in pet stores, matched with their preferred diets of healthy greens,
fruits and vegetables – carrots included.

With more than
50 breeds known to be in the United States alone,

prospective pet owners can
find rabbits that can weigh as much as 2 to 13 pounds, with lifespans that
could range between five to ten years.

Like dogs,
certain rabbit breeds can be trained to “come” when they are being called, with
others even trainable to use their own litter box, giving them another “odd”
pet attribute as a cross between a pet cat and a pet dog.

Singularly
unique on their own, keeping a rabbit as a pet isn’t generally taxing for pet
owners – save perhaps when talking about multiple rabbits living together in
one household.